Anesthesia apron



June 18, 1935. J, 5, LAZARE I 2,005,294

ANESTHESI A APRON Filed March 15, 1933 Jacob Bubazar'e,

INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented June 18, 1935 PATENT OFFICE ANZESTHESIA ArRoN Jacob B. Lazare, Brooklyn, N. Y; Application March 15, 1933, Serial No. 660,915 7 3 Claims.

This invention relates to an apron particularly useful as a restraining apron to be used on dental patients under an anaesthetic, particularly nitrous oxide. It is to be understood however that the apron may be used under other conditions.

Some dental patients under the influence of an anwsthetic have violent motions of the body and particularly the limbs, especially during the excitement stage which occurs in the coming out period, and is due to the reaction of the dreams that the patient has experienced while aneesthetized. To restrain such patients, straps have heretofore been used to hold the patient in the chair. These straps however have several disadvantages. For examplathey result in black and blue marks on the patient and cause the ripping of stockings on women. they have a bad psychological effect on patients and have at times resulted in the fracture of arms and legs.

The'article of my, invention eliminates the objections mentioned against straps and aids in the protection of the clothing and is more quickly applied and removed. It will readily be appreciated that an apron also has a better psychological efiect on the patients than straps.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the,

following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing which forms part of the application, with the understanding, however, that the improvement is capable of extended application and is not confined tothe exact showing of the drawing nor to the precise construction described and, therefore,

such changes and modifications maybe made therein as do not affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claims. In the drawing: I Fig. 1 shows the application of the restraining apron of-my invention as applied to a patient and attached to the chair; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the open apron. Referring to the drawing for. a more detailed description thereof, the numeral 5 indicates the apron proper, the same being preferably made of strong material such, for example, as cloth suitable for upholstering. Said apron is wider at its upper end than at its lower end for obvious reasons. The apron is hemmed at its sides and a strap 1 is passed thru the hems in such a mannor as to produce a loop 1a at the lower end of the apron and free end portions 1b and 1c, respectively, at the upper end of the same. With the chair preferably tilted back and the patients legsup against the back part of the foot-rest,

' Furthermore,

the loop la is passed under the foot-rest and the free end portions lb and 1c of the strap are passed around the back of the chair and fastened, 3 together, the end portion 1a having a buckle 1d, I

while the free end lb has apertures therein. By means ofthe loop la and the free end portions lb and lo, the apron may be tensionally'held on the patient and to the chair. The apron is preferablyapplied after thepatient is anzesthetizedv and should'not be removed until the patient excitement is exhibited in the so-called coming out period. If desired, theap'ro'n may becovwashed. I I

What is claimed asnew is:;

is thoroughly awake because most of the patients 1. An anaesthesia apron for' use on a patient in adentistschair and comprising a body portionhemmedatthe side's, elongate fastening means passing thru the hems and providing a loop extending below the lower end of the body portion and adapted to be positioned under thefootrest .of the chair, said fastening means in-.

cluding free end portions extendingbeyond the upper end of the body portion" and adapted to be secured together at therear of the back of the chair to tension the body portionon'a patient in the chair. v

2. The combination with a dentists'chair, of an anaesthesia apron comprising a body portion,

a loop extending from the lower end of the body 1 portion and passing under the footrest of the chair, and elongateparts extending from theupper end of the body portion and secured together in back of the chair to restrain ja patient in the chair, said body portion having convex sides and being wider at the top than at the bottom and adapted to be tensioned to prevent anyconsiderabl bodily movement of a patient in the chair.

3. The combination with a dental chair includ' ing a back, a seat and a depending footrest, of

an anaesthesia apron comprising a tensioned body portion in front of thechair and adapted to cover part, of the arms, legs and body of a patient seated in the chair with feet on the footrest and said apron extending downwardly below the seat toward the footrest, a'loop extending from thelower end of the body portion of the apron and passingunder the footrest,.and elongate members extending from the upper end of the bodypportion of the apronjand passing around the sides of the back of the chair and secured together at the rear of the back, said loop and elongate members being substantially inelastic; j

' I JACOB B. LAZARE. 

